Long Ago Quotes - Page 26

• It has been suggested by some people in this country that I and my government will be a "soft touch" in the [European] Community. In case such a rumour may have reached your ears, Mr Chancellor... it is only fair that I should advise you frankly to dismiss it (as my own colleagues did, long ago). We shall judge what British interests are and we shall be resolute in defending them.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Country, Government, Europe

  Margaret Thatcher's speech at dinner in honour of West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, www.margaretthatcher.org. May 10, 1979.

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• On this day long ago, a child was born who, by age 30, would transform the world. Happy Birthday Isaac Newton b. Dec 25, 1642

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Children, Age, World

  Twitter post from Dec 25, 2014

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• Long ago when a child lay in a manger, a special star appeared. It didn't just show up that evening. It had to have been placed in its orbit centuries before in a trajectory that would make it appear at that special moment of time to announce the birth of a special child. Just as there is divine design in the universe, so each of us has been placed in our own orbits in this life to love, to serve, to help light the world.

  Neal A. Maxwell

  Christmas, Stars, Children

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• Your mind must always go, even while you're shaking hands and going through all the maneuvers. I developed the ability long ago to do one thing while thinking about another.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Thinking, Hands, Mind

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• My closest friend, who died not long ago, is buried near Marx's grave in Highgate cemetery, so I see the gaggle of admirers laying roses at the foot of his tombstone regularly. I have never been tempted to leave flowers there myself. Great theories, shame about the practice. Marx did many things. But inventing class was not one of them.

  Alastair Campbell

  Tombstone, Flower, Practice

  "The royals are so thick" by Alastair Campbell, www.theguardian.com. April 11, 2001.

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• Edward Abbey said you must brew your own beer; kick in you Tee Vee; kill your own beef; build your cabin and piss off the front porch whenever you bloody well feel like it. I already had a good start. As a teenager in rural Maine, after we came to America, I had learned hunting, fishing, and trapping in the wilderness. My Maine mentors had long ago taught me to make home brew. I owned a rifle, and I'd already built a log cabin. The rest should be easy. I thought I'd give it a shot.

  Bernd Heinrich

  Teenager, Home, Beer

  Bernd Heinrich (1994). “A Year in the Maine Woods”, Addison-Wesley Longman

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• As a woman with strong opinions talking about technology and politics is not always welcome in Germany. Nope, it's more like having a great cheerleader team behind me. People who follow my journey know I have a slightly colorful personality. The rest skipped out long ago.

  Angela Merkel

  Strong, Women, Team

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• The more you face the truth, the angrier you will probably become. You have a right to be angry about being sexually abused. You have a right to be angry with the perpetrator, regardless of who it was, how long ago the sexual abuse occurred, or how much he/she has changed.

  Beverly Engel

  Abuse, Faces, Perpetrators

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• Way over yonder is a place I have seen In a garden of wisdom from some long ago dream.

  Carole King

  Dream, Garden, Way

  Song: Way Over Yonder, Album: Tapestry

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• I made the decision long ago that to be afraid would be to diminish my life.

  Janet Reno

  Decision, Would Be, Made

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• I've known from long ago that the universe was calling me. If you were one of those annoying adults that said, 'Oh, what are you gonna be when you grow up?' I would say, 'Astrophysicist .' And then they'd walk away real quickly.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Growing Up, Real, Calling

  "Neil deGrasse Tyson: ‘When A Nation Dreams Big, Its Citizenry Dreams Big’". Interview with Cara Santa Maria, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 28, 2012.

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• If I cared for human approval, I would have been dead long ago.

  Paolo Bacigalupi

  Approval, Humans, Has Beens

  Paolo Bacigalupi (2012). “The Drowned Cities: Number 2 in series”, p.71, Hachette UK

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• As you can imagine, over the years I have been asked many times to discuss and explain my song "American Pie." I have never discussed the lyrics, but have admitted to the Holly reference in the opening stanzas. You will find many interpretations of my lyrics but none of them by me. You will find many “interpretations” of my lyrics but none of them by me. Isn’t this fun? Sorry to leave you all on your own like this but long ago I realized that songwriters should make their statements and move on, maintaining a dignified silence.

  Don McLean

  Song, Sorry, Moving

  "What Is Don McLean’s Song 'American Pie' All About?". www.straightdope.com. May 15, 1993.

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• I gave someone a perverse argument not so long ago about why advertising is better than movies. You want to hear it? Movies operate from a really disingenuous premise, that people are heroes. I know a lot of people and have had an opportunity over the years to observe them. Are they heroes...? Let's put it this way. Advertising tries something simpler and more believable: Products as heroes. I guess the idea is: When all else fails, put your faith in conditioner.

  Errol Morris

  Hero, Opportunity, Years

  "Greasing the Ad Engine: Errol Morris". Sandy Hunter, Boards Magazine, August 1, 2000.

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• I was forgiven by forgiving many things Including my long-ago childhood I was healed, but I intended [ to ] heal I've just noticed, the way I was saved by love Though I tried to keep love away.

  Ayumi Hamasaki

  Childhood, Forgiving, Way

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• Beauty is only skin deep. I think what's really important is finding a balance of mind, body and spirit. Someone said to me not too long ago, "Until you're twenty, you have the face you are born with, and after that you have the face you deserve", and I really loved that - the idea that you wear who you are on your face.

  Jennifer Lopez

  Thinking, Ideas, Mind

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• True stories, autobiographical stories, like some novels, begin long ago, before the acts in the account, before the birth of some of the people in the tale.

  Harold Brodkey

  People, Stories, Birth

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• The wheels are turning, but the hamsters are all dead. Make it idiot-proof and someone will make a better idiot. I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig, you get dirty; and besides, the pig likes it.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Dirty, Pigs, Likes

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• Not long ago I heard a Navy chaplain refer to the sage advice of the Apostle to put first things first...If we are to heed the admonition to put first things first...one of the main essentials which lies at the very beginning of civilization is that of security.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Lying, Civilization, Evil

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• Setbacks, on the other hand, just make us feel weak and stupid: I should have conquered this by now. I happened on a question not long ago that oerfectly expresses this mentality: How many times must I prove myself an idiot?

  Beth Moore

  Stupid, Hands, Should Have

  Beth Moore (2010). “So Long, Insecurity: You've Been a Bad Friend to Us”, p.12, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• I got some real rough dental work done not long ago, and my mouth's still numb right here [points to the left side of his chin]. So it kind of messes with my speech a little bit, so don't y'all think that I took too many cos I haven't.

  Roy Jones Jr.

  Motivation, Real, Thinking

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• I have nothing but my heart and I have given it long ago to my country.

  Louis Riel

  Country, Heart, Given

  "Fifty Mighty Men". Book by Grant MacEwan, p. 45, 1977.

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• I'm not the same as I was long ago, I've learned some new things and I hope that it shows.

  Neil Young

  Song, I've Learned, Shows

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• We decided long ago that we didn't want Chipotle's success to be tied to the exploitation of animals, farmers, or the environment, but the engagement of our customers.

  Steve Ells

  Animal, Engagement, Want

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• Long ago, I became more interested in the real world than in make-believe.

  Shirley Temple

  Real, Believe, World

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